@book {1284,
	title = {Invisible Users},
	year = {2012},
	publisher = {The MIT Press},
	organization = {The MIT Press},
	abstract = {An account of how young people in Ghana{\textquoteright}s capital city adopt and adapt digital technology in the margins of the global economy. Among other subjects: Religious practice and belief were a frequent point of reference for Ghanaian Internet users when they spoke about their social relationships, aspirations, and their use of technologies including the Internet. The way they talked about this belief was marked by a sense of the presence of spiritual forces (good and evil).},
	keywords = {Africa, digital technologies, Ghana, Ghanaian, internet, network technologies, religious practice, spiritual, users, Youth},
	url = {http://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780262301459},
	author = {Jenna Burrell}
}
@article {2656,
	title = {Le je{\^u}ne d{\textquoteright}Internet. R{\'e}duction et abstinence des m{\'e}dias num{\'e}riques au service de l{\textquoteright}exp{\'e}rience spirituelle / Internet fast. Reduction and abstinence from digital media and spiritual experience},
	journal = {RESET - Revue en Sciences Sociales sur Internet},
	volume = {9},
	year = {2020},
	abstract = {The use of digital media for the religious practice is no longer the exception, but seems to have become a common practice. Parallel to this, we observe more and more forms of total or partial renouncement of use of the Internet during a particular period of reintensification of the religious or spiritual life. Taking the examples of asceticism of religious virtuosi with Catholic monks and nuns, Christian Lent and fasting and hiking weeks that are part of a holistic spirituality approach, this article shows with the help of empiric data how actors consciously reduce their use of the Internet for religious purposes. Some even speak of an Internet fast which would be an indispensable counterpart to the food fast. However, in many cases, disconnection appears to be more difficult than food fasting and is then seen as a new type of virtuosity. Re-examining the classical categories of the sociology of religions that are fasting and asceticism, this article shows how they are redefined today with new objects of application. For the institutional Church, it is also an opportunity to restore plausibility to practices - especially the Lenten fast - which had gradually fallen into disuse.},
	keywords = {abstinence, fast, internet, religious practice},
	url = {https://journals.openedition.org/reset/2357},
	author = {Isabelle Jonveaux}
}
@article {1223,
	title = {Going on Pilgrimage Online : the Representation of Shia Rituals on the Internet},
	journal = {Online {\textendash} Heidelberg Journal of Religions on the Internet},
	volume = {02.1},
	year = {2006},
	chapter = {6},
	abstract = {In her article Going on Pilgrimage Online. The Representation of Shia Rituals on the Internet, Sabine Kalinock gives an overview of the representation of Shia ritual in the Internet and discusses the relation between innovations and traditional discourses. Emphasis is laid on the possibilities that the Internet offers and which are especially important in the Muslim and Iranian context: the mixing of the sexes, exchange with believers in other parts of the world and the free expression of critical ideas. Kalinock thereby concentrates on case studies from Iranian religious websites set up by various Shiite communities, official institutions as well as private persons. These Websites are usually presented in at least three languages: Arab, Persian, and English, and deal with religious regulations and rituals, hagiographies and recent miracle stories that are recorded with modern technology and confirmed by physicians. Pictures, video films and audio records supplement the texts. Via email believers can seek the guidance of a leading clergyman of their choice (marja at-taqlid) while various books and online resources provide further advice. In chat rooms men and women discuss, affirm or question the meaning and validity of certain religious rules and rituals.
},
	keywords = {analyzing rituals, communication within the Internet, media and religion, New Technology and Society, Online community, Pilgrimage Online, Practicing Faith in Cyberspace, religion, religious practice, Shia},
	url = {http://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/ojs/index.php/religions/article/view/373},
	author = {Sabine Kalinock}
}
@article {1222,
	title = {Ritual is becoming digitalised". Introduction to the Special Issue on Rituals on the Internet},
	journal = {Online {\textendash} Heidelberg Journal of Religions on the Internet},
	volume = {02.1 },
	year = {2006},
	chapter = {1},
	keywords = {analysing rituals, communication within the Internet, media and religion, New Technology and Society, Online community, Practicing Faith in Cyberspace, religion, religious practice, RITUALS ON THE INTERNET, Techno-Ritualization},
	url = {http://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/ojs/index.php/religions/article/view/372},
	author = {Kerstin Radde-Antweiler}
}
